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In 2023, the Clinical Haematology team at the Royal Oldham Hospital won a RCPath Achievement Award for pioneering an at-home chemotherapy treatment. Here, Dr Satarupa Choudhuri tells us more about the project and the team's work to improve the lives of their patients.

In this blog, histopathologist Harshima Wijesinghe discusses the Centre for Diagnosis and Research in Cancer (CeDARC) team, including the benefits and the future of the group.

Margaret Morgan, Consultant Biomedical Scientist and Head of Cervical Screening Service at Health Services Laboratories LLP and part of the CSL team won the RCPath Achievements awards 2020 for significant contribution to specialty. In this blog, Margaret tells us about the advancements and challenges and the future of cervical screening.

Histopathology is the diagnosis and study of diseases of the tissues. In this blog, Dr Maria O'Donovan, Consultant Histopathologist at Cambridge University Hospital NHS Trust (CUH) and winner of the RCPath Achievements awards 2021 for innovation in pathology practice, tells us more about the development of the CytospongeTM and the work with her team.

Dr Tina Dutt, a a Haematologist specialising in haemostasis and thrombosis, based at The Roald Dahl Haemostasis and Thrombosis Centre, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and winner of our Achievements Awards in 2020, shares her experience with her MDT team and their achievements in working with communities and patient groups.

Dr Susan Shapiro, a Consultant Haematologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and winner of our Achievements Awards in 2019, shares her experience with her MDT team and their achievements in working with communities and patient groups.

Dr Emily Shaw and Dr Yvonne Wallis have collaborated in establishing the Central and South Genomic Lab Hub led by Birmingham Women’s and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, closely involving University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust. In this blog, they talk to us about their achievements and experience with their teams and the future challenges in their current roles.

The pathology team at IDEXX UK in Wetherby were the first diagnostic laboratory to implement digital pathology for all their diagnostic pathologists. In this blog, Reverend Dr Jenny McKay talks about her experience with her team and the future of digital pathology.

Veterinary pathology is a subspeciality of veterinary medicine focussing on the diagnosis of animal disease. In this blog, we spoke to Simon Spiro, wildlife veterinary pathologist at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Here he gives an overview of their work at this world famous zoo.

In the second instalment of our Service Spotlight series, we asked the RCPath Excellence Award winning team at the Mortuary Department at West Herts NHS Trust how they encourage learning and stay positive in a practice that can be mentally tough.

To launch our new Service Spotlight blog series, we visited the ocular pathology service in Liverpool and spoke to RCPath Excellence Award winner Professor Sarah Coupland about what makes the service so unique.